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In Videos: $240 Worth of Pudding on 'The State'
I've been quoting this skit for about 10 years now. I have very fond memories of watching "The State" in my dorm room! There was also a bizarre skit involving a sausage factory!
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I also miss Smurf Berry Cereal. I completely forgot about those microwavable smores, but I loved those things too. I will keep my eye out for pudding pops! I could find them in Missouri and I haven't seen them in California yet.
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I totally agree with the Tater Skins chips and the magic middle cookies, both by Keebler. Loved those.
What I haven't seen in years but loved as a child, are pudding pops. Remember the ads with Bill Cosby. Maybe they're still made, but I can't find them, I loved the swirled ones the most. I once found a recipe and made some, but they just weren't quite the same (though pretty tasty).
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Foods We Loved as Kids, Maybe Not as Adults
Growing up in Nebraska, one of the most popular dips for potato chips was bacon horseradish, I used to love it as a kid. I tried some a few years ago and it was nothing like I remembered, I couldn't even eat it! Also, my grandparents always have Braunschweiger, I used to love it as a kid, but I tried it a few years ago and nearly gagged. Maybe I was a weird kid.
I love fig newtons, when I want a quick store bought snack.
Like most of the above, all those tooth-achingly sweet things that are marketed to kids (pop-tarts, sugar cereals, twinkies) are impossible to swallow now, though I do occassionally like a Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll or Peanut Butter bar (the layered one). I tried both twinkies and ding-dongs again in grad school and couldn't finish them.
I never cared for any of those Chef Boyardee products, canned meats, and I only like hot dogs cooked over a fire when camping.
In Videos: $240 Worth of Pudding on 'The State'
I've been quoting this skit for about 10 years now. I have very fond memories of watching "The State" in my dorm room! There was also a bizarre skit involving a sausage factory!
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I also miss Smurf Berry Cereal. I completely forgot about those microwavable smores, but I loved those things too. I will keep my eye out for pudding pops! I could find them in Missouri and I haven't seen them in California yet.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I totally agree with the Tater Skins chips and the magic middle cookies, both by Keebler. Loved those.
What I haven't seen in years but loved as a child, are pudding pops. Remember the ads with Bill Cosby. Maybe they're still made, but I can't find them, I loved the swirled ones the most. I once found a recipe and made some, but they just weren't quite the same (though pretty tasty).
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Secret Ingredients, the New Yorker Book of Food and Drink'
I vote Alton Brown. I love the science aspect, being a scientist.
Cook the Book: Milk Chocolate with Burnt Caramel Drink
Mocha Chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and truffle filling.
Cook the Book: Chocolate Sablés
Flourless chocolate cake. I made it for the first dinner I cooked for my now-husband when we were dating and then as the groom's cake at our wedding. I've had the recipe demanded from me on several occasions.
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I miss the S'mores cookies and Fudgies, the little Kraft chewy candies in a gold wrapper. Does anyone remember the cereal, Double-Dip Crunch? I was like a "frosted" Crispix. Mmmmm!!! Oh, and the Quacker "strawberry" snack/dessert bars that looked like Nutri-Grain but had a little "squiggle" of white "icing" on top. I'm hungry now.
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This is hysterical - I have been trying to enlighten my fiance on the yumminess of Magic Middle cookies (apparently he was sheltered and never tried them) and he just doesn't get it. I guess if you never tried one, you wouldn't know what you were missing, but still. Also, LOVED Crystal Pepsi!!! Was it really only out for one year? That's surprising - I thought it was fairly popular in my little neck of the woods.
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I miss everything on the top ten list with the exception of the C3PO's-never had those. I also miss Planters Cheeseballs and Cheesecurls, and O' Boises (those were by far my favorite potato chip growing up-especially the sour cream and onion).
But I'm super surprised that one of the most amazing foods of the 80's was left off of this list and wasn't named by anyone. I want to know what happened to Red Devil Cheese Puffs. My mom would buy them every year for New Years Eve and we were so excited to take them out of the freezer and bake them-and even if they were burnt they were still good. I really miss those and can't find them anywhere.
As far as fast food restaurants, I was very happy to find a Roy Rogers a couple of years ago (to only have it taken away from me) but all of their food from my childhood all tasted the same right down to the french fries and the pickles in the fixin bar.
Also, I don't know if any one has noticed but the good old "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun" (of course I'm referring to the Big Mac), the special sauce is different from when I was a kid-which I kept telling my mom about and she thought I was crazy, but I saw something on food network recently that said McD's lost the special sauce recipe in the 90's and the sauce is different now-so that being said I also miss the original big mac.
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Gizmosma , totally LOVED Boppers! Would love to see those again. I also remember Fruit Wrinkles and Fruit Bars.
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I totally remember Doo Dads. I grew up in Michigan and my father loved that snack. Since moving to Florida 15 years ago I've never seen it again.
I'm also glad to see others that remember Cinnamon Chachos. I loved those and when I explain them to people (to see if they remember them) they look at me like I'm insane.
I didn't realize that Planter's discontinued Cheez Balls. That's a bummer.
sable42, I'm happy to report that here in Florida Little Caesar's has had a huge resurgence thanks to cheap $5 take-away pizzas. Years ago Caesar's started closing up, but in the last year or so they've exploded all over my area, even opening a Drive Thru location! Now all the pizza places in the area are trying to copy them (usually with a bigger $6 pizza) but L.C. is doing business like gangbusters.
Also, if you never had GatorGum don't worry, it was terrible.
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I miss Jello gelatin pops. They had a really nice consistency and never froze so hard that you couldn't bite 'em.
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Does anyone remember "Aspen" soda? It was apple flavored.
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Good call on Planter's Cheese Balls...also something called "Hooplas" which were ring shaped cheesy corn snacks with a vaguely nacho cheese flavor. Mmm.
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I'm not sure which company made them but I love lemon cookies. There was a cookie called Lemon Coolers that I simply adored, and I have not seen them around for years. I have developed my own recipe for them powdered sugar and all, if any one is interested you can request a copy from me rlwycoff@yahoo.com.
The Mothers company has also went out of business recently, I will sorely miss Aminal Cookies and Animal Parade big bags of goodness!
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Oh myyyyy how I miss Jell-O Pudding Pops! So glad I'm not the only one! I used to looove the vanilla one with chocolate chips. What I would give to have one again!! :)
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What I really want to have back in the stores in the Pac. N.W. is Campbells chicken and dumpling soup. They got rid of it in the mid seventies and now when I want to order it I have to buy it via Fed Ex at a place that carries hard to find food items.
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What I really want to have back in the stores in the Pac. N.W. is Campbells chicken and dumpling soup. They got rid of it in the mid seventies and now when I want to order it I have to buy it via Fed Ex at a place that carries hard to find food items.
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@heathercore--I loved the Burger King fried tacos too! Here they were 50 cents each--what a great cheap snack! Tasted like the tacos my mom made when I was at home.
Regarding the omission of real cane sugar in sodas now . . . you can still buy Dr. Pepper with it in TX since it is made in Waco. We toured the historic original plant once--really a cool place! They had a gift shop where they sold the cane sugar variety, but I have also seen it in a lot of the stores elsewhere.
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@esmeralda, would you be referring to space food sticks? i used to love those.
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they really need to bring back royal crown draft cola
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The Crystal Clear Pepsi story is famous in my family. Im the youngest of three and my siblings loved to paly pranks on me. As children of hippies, soda was a huge no-no in our house. One day my brother approached me with a glass of "Crystal Pepsi" and i eagerly downed it. It was weeks before he admitted it was sugar water.
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@sable42: They still make Jolt Cola. I don't think it's available in the plastic bottles anymore. They're in big ol' cans now. There are 3 flavors now: Original, a lemon-lime flavor, and a blue-colored one. I don't remember their names, but they're still available. You can even get them mail order from thinkgeek.com
@krutch16: I didn't know they got rid of Hydrox cookies. I remember eating some the other day. Maybe they're making a big deal out of the "original" packaging? My mom used to get Hydrox because they were cheaper than Oreos.
I, too, sometimes get a hankerin' for those cheese balls. I think I saw some the other day, but I'm not sure if it was the Planters brand, though.
There are a lot of these kinds of foods still out there, but as companies get bought, sold, and changed, so do the brand names.
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I would bet that nobody remembers Kellogg's Concentrate cereal. We loved it. It was supposedly healthy, but the problem was that the portion size was very tiny, so you ended up eating four servings just to get a "regular" bowl of cereal. My adult children still talk about Concentrate.
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I can't believe Planter's cheese balls did not make this list! I miss those more than any other childhood junk...
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I recently moved to England and went into McDonalds and freaked out with excitement when I saw fried apple pies, people probably thought I had lost my mind. '
I miss Gator Chips, they were sold in Florida and they were deep fried chips with BBQ seasoning with a gator on the bag. They were so good. They only thing similar is Kettle Chips BBQ. I also miss Smurf Cereal, it turned the milk blue.
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i got cracklin oat bran - back that made my year!!
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Whatever happened to Nabisco Cheese Tid Bits?
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What ever happened to Nabisco cheese Tid Bits?
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They actually still serve fried apple pies at the McDonald's in Downtown Crossing in Boston. One of my friends buys as many as he can get his hands on when he goes and rations them out over the next few days....
I miss Jell-o Pudding Pops....
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I totally remember undercover bears, ecto-cooler, and crystal pepsi with nothing but fond memories. I wish I could try the gatorgum, as I go through about 4 32 oz bottles of gatorade a day. It's an addiction...
The one product mentioned on this thread I would kill to se being sold again though...New York Seltzer. I grew up on the stuff. My mom used to take me and my sisters to the park for picnics and we would always get salty snacks and new york seltzers...I can still remember the taste. If any of you guys know where I could find them, please let me know!
Oh and whatever happened to Calistoga fruit flavored sparkling waters?! Recently I have only found citrus flavors...
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Growing up in Nebraska, one of the most popular dips for potato chips was bacon horseradish, I used to love it as a kid. I tried some a few years ago and it was nothing like I remembered, I couldn't even eat it! Also, my grandparents always have Braunschweiger, I used to love it as a kid, but I tried it a few years ago and nearly gagged. Maybe I was a weird kid.
I love fig newtons, when I want a quick store bought snack.
Like most of the above, all those tooth-achingly sweet things that are marketed to kids (pop-tarts, sugar cereals, twinkies) are impossible to swallow now, though I do occassionally like a Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll or Peanut Butter bar (the layered one). I tried both twinkies and ding-dongs again in grad school and couldn't finish them.
I never cared for any of those Chef Boyardee products, canned meats, and I only like hot dogs cooked over a fire when camping.